AS3 Mask Entire Stage

[JeffLebowski]

Just a quick question that I can't seem to find a simple answer to;

How might I go about setting a mask over the entire stage so that all layers below are visible? What I'm trying to achieve is to allow the .swf to be resizable, but elements outside the original stage frame will remain hidden until they enter the stage area as originally intended.

[JeremiahLight]

As far as masking all the layers goes, you can simply draw a mask the exact same dimensions of the stage, place it as the top layer, turn it into a mask, which will mask only the one layer below it, then drag all other layers up one so they are also masked.

Now, I am not sure if resizing the swf will cause a problem. I sort of think it will, however. If it does, you might try to set the mask up dynamically in an ENTER_FRAME event, which sets its dimensions to that of the stage. This way, if the size of the stage or swf is altered, the mask reacts accordingly.

JL